Eyeglass-frame.



F. A. MABGHER. EYEGLASS ram, APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 13,1907.

Patented June 29, 1909.

[citizen of the Uni other forms are capable of being produced,

of an ordinary UN ITED STATES PATENT UFFIQE;

FRANK A. MARCHER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

EYEGLASS=FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 29, 1909. Application filed September'lb, 1907. Serial No. 392,808.

To all 107mm it may concern: of the bow-spring and the recess 14 of the Be it known that I, FRANK A. MARGHER, a nose-guard are brought into register.

ted States, residing at Los The respective extremities of the bow- Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and spring and the nose-guards are adapted to be State of California, have invented a new and housed in -the sleeve or tubular body 3, and useful Eyeglass-Frame, of which the follow in order to prevent their disengagement or "ing is a specification. disassociation, the pin 15 engages the orifice An object of this invention is to provide a 4 provided in the stud and extending in the means for rigidly uniting the bow-spring and path of the slot or opening 5 provided in the nose-guards to the studs of eye glasses withtubular body. This pin is upset on one side outthe use of screws,'where the spring and of the stud, as seen at 1.6, and is provided guardsaremade of wire, thereby rendering with a screw-head 17 on the other end which the manufacture of the same cheaper than is adapted to be seated in a countersunk portion 18 provided in the stud.

The pin is provided approximately midway of its length with a notch or groove 19. The manipulation of the pin through the medium of the screw-head and there s' st ation of the notched portion 19 thereol with the respective recesses or notches 10 and 14 of the bow-spring and nose-guard extremities respectively, permits of a separation of the endalso permitting by thus employing wire, ofan' accurate adjustment to the bridge of any nose. .on,account of the fact that the same can be bent-into all shapes by the use pair of pliers. The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention. I

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation.

ig. 2 is a transverse section on line $2;.7E2, two for purposes of adjustment, repair, or Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is amid-section on line Of -1K justification of the parts. Fig. 23 Fig. 4 is afragmentary mid-section Then the cylindrical portion of the pin is in engagement with the notched portions of the bow-spring and nose-guard extremities, the union of the same is assured, and the separation of the two impossible until the pin is manipulated so as to bring the notched portion thereof into engagement and in register with the like notched portion of the extremities of the bow-spring and the noseguards.

In order to facilitate the locking and unlocking of the parts a suitable mark may be placed upon the screwshead, and another one upon the stud by the side of the screw-head, so that when the screw is turned in line with the notch on the stud the position of the on line ;t x, Fig. 3, the pin being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a detail of the pin dc; tached. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary, sectional detail showing the position of the pin for permitting se aration of bow-spring ends and nose-guari s. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary, per spective detail of the nose-guard and bow spring ends showing ol'lset portions, shoulders, and notches.

1 designates a lens; 2, a studding therefor provided with a tubular bodj 3 which is made preferably integral with the stud 2.

4. is an orifice provided in the stud 2, the said orifice communicating or registering with an opening 5 provided in the tubular body 6 designates the extremity of the arm of a bow-spring 7, the said extremity being provided with a shoulder 8 and reduced flat portion J.

10 is a notch or recess provided in one side of the reduced portion 9 of the extremity of the bow-spring-arin.

11 designates the extremity of the noseguard, the said extremity being provided with a shoulder 12 and with a reduced flat portion 13, as well as with a recess or notch 14. This reduced portion is adapted to slide locked and capable of separation. When, however, the mark on the screw is in a position opposite the mark on the screw-head, the in is in positive engagement with the note ies of the parts which are thereby positively locked. It Will be noted that there are no unsightly projections caused by the provision of this pin because the same is countersunk on both sides.

What I claim is v 1. An apertured lens stud, a sleeve thereon provided with an opening communicating with the aperture of said over the reduced or flat portion 9 of the extremity of the boW-spring-arrn and .abut against the shoulder 8, whereby the recess 10 of which are rabbcted ani adapted to mutuscrew will be such that the 'parts are un' stud, a bow-spring; and a nose-guard, the respective extremities ally engage and also to fit the bore of the sleeve, said rabbeted portions also being provided with notches, and a rotatable member extending through the aperture in said stud lock said'nos'e-guard and bow-spring extremities from their locking positions.

3. A frame comprising a air of lens studs, each provided with a tubu ar sleeve, a rabbeted nose-guard housed in each of said sleeves, a one-piece bow-spring having rabbeted ends also housed in said sleeves and arranged to engage with said nose-guards, and means for locking the engaging noseguards and bow-spring ends in said sleeves.

4. A frame comprising a pair of lens-studs, each provided with a tubular sleeve, a rabbeted nose-guard housed in each of said sleeves, a one-piece bow-spring having rabbeted ends also housed in said sleeves and arranged to engage with said nose-guards, said nose-guards and bow-spring ends being provided with coinciding notches, and a pin provided with a notch and in operative rehoused one in each of said sleeves andhaving notches registering with said transverse openings; a bow-s ring having rabbetcd ends matching the ra'bets of the nose-guards and having notches registering with the notches of the nose-guards and housed in said sleeves, and pins in said transverse openings and engaging in said notches, said pins having releasing notches.

6. A frame comprising a pair of lens-studs, each provided with a sleeve, rabbeted notched nose-guards housed one in each of said sleeves, a one-piece notched bow-spring having rabbeted ends, also housed in said sleeves and arranged to engage with said nose-guards, and notched pins for locking the engaging nose-guards and bow-spring ends in'said sleeve.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angelcs California this 7th day of September 1907.

FRANK A. MARCHER.

In presence of JAMES R. TOWNSEND,

JULIA TOWNSEND. 

